Hay elevator and carrier



(No Model.)

R. L. SHORT.

HAY BLRVATOR AND CARRIER.

Patented June 23, 1885..

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ilNiTnD STATES PATENT Ortner;o

ROBERT L. SHORT, OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, ASSICNOR lO THE SPRING- FIELDMACHINE COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

HAY ELEVATOR AND CARRIER.

SPECEFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,594, dated June 23,1885.

Application led November 5, 1884.

.To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT L. SHORT, of Janesville, in the county ofRock and State of WVisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Hay Elevators and Carriers, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making part of this speeication.

My invention relates to an improvement in hay elevators and carriers,or, more specifically, to a sliding or traveling carriage and tackle bymeans of which hay, straw, or other suitable substance may be elevatedfrom the ground or vehicle to a suitable track and carried along thesame to any desired point, where it may be discharged.

My invention consists in the combination, with an elevated rail ortrack, of a suitable iXed gear-block or stops, and to the combination,with said track and gear-block, of a reversible traveling carriage,adapted by suitable wheels or rollers to travel along said track or railand be engaged by and brought to a stop when it reaches the gear-block,by means of a gear wheel or disk adapted to rotate within or between theside walls or casing of said carriage, said wheel or disk having alimited rotary movement, by means of which and other details ofarrangement and construction of parts the progress ofthe travelingcarriage is checked, for a purpose hereinafter described. My inventionrelates also to the peculiar construction of the gear wheel ordisk,where by the hay-forks and hay upheld thereby may be retained intheir elevated position by the engagement of the hoisting-pulley or anarm thereon with the said gear wheel or disk while the carriage ismoving along the rail.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation of myimproved traveling carriage and pulley; Fig. 2, a similar View with oneside of the carriage removed to show the arrangement of parts; Fig. 3, aplan view ofthe same; and Figs. 4 and 5, detail views of a portion ofthe gear-wheels or disk and the vibrating locking-latch, respectively.

A represents a rail oi suitable size, forming (No model.)

the track upon which the carriage hereinafter described is adapt-ed totravel, for the purpose of carrying hay, straw, or other material fromplace to place. rlhe device to be described may be used for elevatinghay from the wagon to the roof of a barn or barrack, carrying the samealong until it reaches the desired point and discharging it ou the mow;or it may be used as a hay-stacker in the iield; or it may be used forelevating articles through windows, and in various ways that need not bementioned herein.

B and B represent the side walls or casing of the carriage,which aresubstantially ef the form shown in Figs. l and .il-that is, pro- "idedwith upwardly extending and diverging arms b b, which span the rail A,and are provided at or near their upper ends with rollers b' b', asshown, which rest and. roll upon the upper face of the rail or track.These rollers are located at sullicicnt distance apart to allow theattachment of the pendent rods necessary for sustaining the rail andwith standing any strain that may be brought thereon. rllhe side wallsor plat-es, B and B', of the carriage are connected by suitable bolts orrivets, surrounded by elongated washers for holding said plates farenough apart to allow for the interposition oi" thc gear-wheel or diskhereinabove referred to, and also for the introduction Aof suitablepulleys, levers, and springs hereinafter spcciiied.

C represents a disk formed of two flanged annular plates connected attheir centers or in any suitable manner. The outer periphery of saiddisk is provided with cogs or teeth c c, which correspond in form to andare adapted to be engaged by teeth or eogs c c on a fixed plate, C,secured to the under face of rail A.

D D represent the anges formed upon the inner adjacent faces oftheannular plates, together constituting thedisk C. These tlanges, when thetwo parts oi" the wheel are connected, are located, as to their adjacentedges, at such a distance apart as to allow the passage ot' a short arm,E, pivoted within the casing ot the carriage and provided upon itsswinging end with a head or latch, d. This head or latch l is adapted toenter a corresponding recess or For insuring the action Yas slot, d',made in the flanges D D, for locking the disk C and preventing itsfurther rotation. ot the lever E and latch or head d a spring, e, isemployed, which presses against the under side of the axle of disk O,and exerts its tension to force the latch d into one of the slots d ofsaid disk.

The hoisting-rope (designated by F) passes over suitable pulleys, FaudF2, within the easing ofthe carriage, being secured at one end around apin, j', for that purpose. Internicdiately of these through a hoistingpulley-block, H, of any ordinary description, such as are in common use,with this diii'erence, viz: upon its upper face, and projecting upwardlytherefrom, is a pin, 71, having a head, It', corresponding to a recessin the lower face of the latch or head d of the lever E. The haytongsmay be of any desired pattern, and are supported bya hook, 71?,projecting downwardly from the block H.

The operation of the device is as follows: The rope F being fast at oneend, by pulling at the opposite end the effect will be to raise theblock H and force the head 7l. of pin It up against latch fl, resting inthe slot d of the flanged disk C. As the block II continues its upwardprogress, it operates to lift the latch 7 out of engagement with slot d,and as soon as this is accomplished the wheel or disk C, being no longerlocked b v the latch d, is left free to rotate, and inoves along therail under the influence of the tension on the rope F. When the head Itof pin lz. has lifted the latch d out of the recess d', and the diskbegins to revolve, the head If. is caught behind or above the flanges DD, and the block, together with its load, is sustained independently ofthe tension on the rope.

To prevent the wheel :from rotating too far and thus releasing the headoi" the block through another of the slots d', a lockiuglatch, I,provided with the catch I', is employed, said eat-eh entering one of theslots d and preventing further rotation of the disk C. A weight, I2,npon the outer end of the latchlever, serves to heid the catch inengagement.

One of the particular advantages of my improvement is that thehay-carrier shown and described is reversible by simply securing theopposite end of the rope to the carriage and pulling in the reversedirection.

I am aware that a reversible carrier is not new; therefore I do notclaim this feature, broadly; but,

Having now described my invention, I claim as newpulleys the rope ispassed l. In a hay elevator and carrier, the combination,'with thesupporting rail or track, of the toothed stop-plate secured thereto, andthe carriage provided with the cogged disk, adapted to be engaged by thetoothed stop-plate for stopping and holding the carriage.

2. In a hay elevator and carrier, the sup porting rail or track, and thetoothed stopplate secured thereto, in combination with-the carriage,adapted to travel on said rail or track, and provided with the coggeddisk, and

a pivoted latch for locking said disk against rotation.

In a hay elevator and carrier, the combination, with the rail or trackprovided with the toothed stop plate, of the carriage provided wit-h thecog-ged disk, the pivoted latch for locking said disk against rotation,and the pin or head upon the elevator-block for operating said latch torelease the cogged disk and the carrier.

4. The rail or track toothed stopsplate, and the carriage adapted totravel upon said rail and provided with the toothed disk, in combinationwith a-pivoted latch adapted to engage aslot or notch in said disk, thepin on the elevator-block for operating said latch, and flanges on thedisk for engaging the head of the pin on the elevatorblock, allsubstantially as described.

provided with the` 5. The combination of the rail or track, the

toothed stop-plate secured thereto, the earriage adapted to travel uponsaid rail or track, the toothed disk carried by said carriage, the

pivoted Vlatch for locking said disk, the pin or head on theelevator-block for operating said latch to release the disk, the flangeson the toothed disk for engaging the head on the elevater-block, and thesecondary latch for lockinglt-he disk after it has been released fromthe stop-plate, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the traveling carriage, of the toothedstop-plate and the cogged disk engaging therewith, the piv oted latch,the elevator-pulley, provided with a head or pin for operating saidlatch, and cord-pulleys, arranged, substantially as described, wherebythe latch is adapted to be operated by tension on the cord in eitherdireetion.

In testimony whereof my hand this 17 th day of September, A. D.

ROBERT L. SHORT. Vtnesscs:

I. J. R. nAsn, J. G. SAXE.

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